1869 $1 PR66 PCGS. CAC. Notwithstanding the reported mintage
of 423,700 1869 Seated Liberty dollars for circulation and 600
proofs, the issue is especially elusive in high grade in either
format, especially so in the higher Mint State grades. Apparently
most of those coins were either melted at some point or exported to
the Orient, which in the end amounts to virtually the same fate.
The present Premium Gem proof is deeply toned, but under a light
the patina resolves into appealing shades of blue, pink, and rose.
The strike is full throughout both sides, and to us the deep toning
merely reinforces the originality of this example, among the few
finest at PCGS. Population: 7 in 66, 0 finer (4/13).(Registry
values: N7079) (NGC ID# 252R, PCGS# 7017)